Acting

Billie Thomas

Born March 12, 1931 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died October 10, 1980 · aged 49

William "Billie" Thomas Jr. was an American child actor best remembered for portraying the character of Buckwheat in the Our Gang short films from 1934 until the series' end in 1944. He was a native of Los Angeles. Wikipedia

Known For

Election Daze

Election Daze · 1943

MovieComedyFamily

Mickey and Froggy are candidates running to be president of the Gang's club. When the vote continues to end in a tie, the club winds up split. Buckwheat then reminds everyone of the lessons learned from Abraham Lincoln when America was once divided.

Night 'n' Gales

Night 'n' Gales · 1937

Night 'n' Gales

Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father crazy.

Joy Scouts

Joy Scouts · 1939

The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from participating because they are not yet old enough. Undeterred, the kids head off on their own unsupervised camping adventure, with comically disastrous results.

Sprucin' Up

Sprucin' Up · 1935

MovieComedyFamily

A new truant officer moves into the neighborhood, and everybody wants to get friendly with his daughter.

Fightin' Fools

Fightin' Fools · 1941

While the Our Gang kids are enjoying the local swimming hole, a rival group ties all their clothes in knots. Our Gang challenges the meanies, and the two sides have a military-style battle using fruits and vegetables for ammunition.

Classic Comedy Teams

Classic Comedy Teams · 1986

Classic Comedy Teams

MovieDocumentaryComedy

Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Stooges, The East-Side Kids, Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis.

Rushin' Ballet

Rushin' Ballet · 1937

While trying to track down Butch, Spanky and Alfalfa get caught up in a dance recital.

Goin' Fishin'

Goin' Fishin' · 1940

The gang is going fishing and wants to get an early start, but they end up causing all sorts of problems for the passengers of a city bus.

Filmography

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Election Daze

Election Daze · 1943

MovieComedyFamily

Mickey and Froggy are candidates running to be president of the Gang's club. When the vote continues to end in a tie, the club winds up split. Buckwheat then reminds everyone of the lessons learned from Abraham Lincoln when America was once divided.

Buckwheat

Night 'n' Gales

Night 'n' Gales · 1937

Night 'n' Gales

Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father crazy.

Buckwheat

Joy Scouts

Joy Scouts · 1939

The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from participating because they are not yet old enough. Undeterred, the kids head off on their own unsupervised camping adventure, with comically disastrous results.

Buckwheat

Sprucin' Up

Sprucin' Up · 1935

MovieComedyFamily

A new truant officer moves into the neighborhood, and everybody wants to get friendly with his daughter.

Buckwheat

Fightin' Fools

Fightin' Fools · 1941

While the Our Gang kids are enjoying the local swimming hole, a rival group ties all their clothes in knots. Our Gang challenges the meanies, and the two sides have a military-style battle using fruits and vegetables for ammunition.

Buckwheat

Classic Comedy Teams

Classic Comedy Teams · 1986

Classic Comedy Teams

MovieDocumentaryComedy

Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Stooges, The East-Side Kids, Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis.

Our Gang (archive footage)

Rushin' Ballet

Rushin' Ballet · 1937

While trying to track down Butch, Spanky and Alfalfa get caught up in a dance recital.

Buckwheat

Goin' Fishin'

Goin' Fishin' · 1940

The gang is going fishing and wants to get an early start, but they end up causing all sorts of problems for the passengers of a city bus.

Party Fever

Party Fever · 1938

MovieComedyFamily

Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for Mayor For A Day. Whoever becomes Mayor gets to take Darla to the Strawberry Festival.

Buckwheat

Anniversary Trouble

Anniversary Trouble · 1935

Anniversary Trouble

MovieComedyFamily

The gang's treasury is entrusted to Spanky, who accidentally gets it mixed up with his father's money.

Buckwheat

Whistling in Dixie

Whistling in Dixie · 1942

Whistling in Dixie

MovieComedyMystery

Radio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and to help Carol's college chum, Ellamae Downs, solve a mystery involving a murdered man, old Fort Dixon, and buried treasure.

The Black Boy

Family Troubles

Family Troubles · 1943

Family Troubles

MovieFamilyComedy

Our Gang member Janet Burston believes that her family is neglecting her, so she decides to run away from home. The other gang members try to help Janet get adopted (or "adapted") by a more agreeable family, choosing a kindly elderly couple (Sarah Padden and Harry C. Bradley) for the honor.

Buckwheat

Alfalfa's Aunt

Alfalfa's Aunt · 1939

Alfalfa's weird aunt Penelope pays a visit. She's working on a murder mystery novel, but Alfalfa thinks she's trying to murder him. It's up to the Spanky and the gang to save him.

Buckwheat

Teacher's Beau

Teacher's Beau · 1935

MovieComedyFamily

The gang tries to dissuade their teacher from getting married.

Buckwheat

For Pete's Sake!

For Pete's Sake! · 1934

For Pete's Sake!

The kids try to raise money to buy a doll for Marianne.

Kid

The First Round-Up

The First Round-Up · 1934

The First Round-Up

The gang packs up for a camping trip to Cherry Creek two miles from their home, but to them it is the wilderness. After night falls, the hooting owls and croaking frogs conjure up visions of spooks. When a thunderstorm hits, they all scurry for home.

Kid with Canteen

All About Hash

All About Hash · 1940

Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get them to stop fighting.

Buckwheat

The Big Premiere

The Big Premiere · 1940

The Big Premiere

It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities. But after the Gang causes a disruption, the police send them scurrying home. Not to worry--the Our Gang stage their own premiere night in the clubhouse barn.

Buckwheat

Tale of a Dog

Tale of a Dog · 1944

MovieComedyFamily

When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.

Buckwheat Thomas

Melodies Old and New

Melodies Old and New · 1942

Melodies Old and New

MovieFamilyComedy

The gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario Walter Wills to help them stage a fund-raising musical show.

Buckwheat

Wedding Worries

Wedding Worries · 1941

Wedding Worries

MovieComedyFamily

The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.

Buckwheat

Ye Olde Minstrels

Ye Olde Minstrels · 1941

Ye Olde Minstrels

The gang puts on a show to raise money for the Red Cross.

Mama's Little Pirate

Mama's Little Pirate · 1934

Mama's Little Pirate

MovieComedyFamily

The gang goes after pirate treasure they believe is hidden in a cave.

Buckwheat

Mokey

A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.

Brother Cumby

The Little Rascals

The Little Rascals · 1929

The Little Rascals

The Little Rascals, also known as "Our Gang", was an American comedy series about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they shared together. It began as a series of short films in the 1920s, and was brought to television in the 1950s.

Buckwheat